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Gender mainstreaming logo #21000 Gender mainstreaming is the public policy concept of assessing the different implications for women and men of any planned policy action, including legislation and programmes, in all areas and levels. Mainstreaming essentially offers a pluralistic approach that values the diversity among both women and men. The concept of gender mainstreaming was ...
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Gender mainstreaming

Gender mainstreaming logo #20977 The Government's strategy to promote equal opportunities between men and women. This is necessitated by the fact that men and women often have different levels of access to resources and carry out different tasks in their daily lives. For example 73% of men participate in the workforce compared to 50% of women. Gender mainstreaming is a requiremen...
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